Archiplatypalpus Kovalev 1974 (dance fly)

Insecta - Diptera - Hybotidae

Full reference: V. G. Kovalev. 1974. A new genus of the family Empididae (Diptera) and its phylogenetic relationships. Paleontological Journal 8:196-204

Parent taxon: Tachydromiinae according to M. M. Solórzano-Kraemer et al. 2023

See also Carpenter 1992 and Kovalev 1974

Sister taxa: Archaeodrapetiops, Cretoplatypalpus, Drapetiella, Drapetini, Electrocyrtoma, Eoplatypalpus, Mesoplatypalpus, Sepsis atra, Sepsis bicolorata, Sepsis ignobilis, Symballophthalmini, Tachydromiini, Eocorynetites, Lochmocola

Subtaxa: Archiplatypalpus cretaceus

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Type: Archiplatypalpus cretaceus

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Taimyr amber, Yantardakh Hill (PIN collection 3130) (Cretaceous of Russian Federation)

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